Fingal County Council Arts Office&Music Network invite applications for the SCQ Musician in Residence Awards

Fingal County Council Arts Office and Music Network invite applications for the Swords Cultural Quarter Musician-in-Residence Award 2026 at The Carnegie, Swords.

This exciting opportunity offers musicians €6,000, space to work, mentoring and time to develop new work and engage with local audiences.

Residency activities run part-time between August and October.
This is open to individual musicians and groups from all genres with a minimum of two years of professional performance experience, living in or originally from Fingal County. Applicants must be 18+.

The deadline to apply is Thursday May 7 at 2pm.


There will be an online Information session: Tuesday 21 April at 11am
Site visit: Wednesday 22 April at 6.30pm followed by a performance by the current musician in residence, Alannah Thornburgh. Tickets are free but must be booked in advance here: LIVE PERFORMANCE | Alannah Thornburgh | THE THINNING VEIL Tickets, Wednesday, April 22  •  7 PM - 9 PM | Eventbrite

 

For further information, please see: 

www.musicnetwork.ie

Artist Studios and Residencies | Fingal County Council

SCQ artist in residence award 2026